the fam

Our Tile Experience!!

What an experience! We wanted to tile the middle floor in our house, which consists of our kitchen and formal sitting room. It is about 400 sq. feet! I was kind of pushing for hardwood in the formal room and Allen wanted tile throughout. I decided against the hardwood "as long as the tile grout was dark enough". Needless to say, the tile grout dried white, instead of the dark tan it was supposed to be. So I guess our tile project is still a work in progress...they have to come and tint the grout! I absolutely love the tile!! So nice to have a kitchen again too. Allen was getting tired of PB and J sandwiches and microwave dinners!!

I wonder what our next house project will be......hmmmmm!?

Porter's Blessing Day!!

What a wonderful spring day...the perfect day for a baby blessing!  Porter Thomas Matthews was blessed by his daddy, Allen, today in our ward.  Porter has such proud parents.  He looked so cute in his little white outfit.  He wore the same shirt Miles wore for his blessing!  He outgrew the outfit I was going to put him in.  He is Porter the porker!  He is so big!  

How blessed we feel to have been given the privilege of raising a choice spirit of our Heavenly Father.  As a mom, I am so grateful to have the Priesthood of God in our home to bless our lives and the lives of others.  Porter's blessing talked about being healthy, both physically and spiritually. 

It also spoke of being worthy to obtain the Priesthood someday and being worthy to go to the temple.  It reminded Porter of how much his family loves him and how our home is a home of love.  I really liked how the blessing told him to always remember that he is a child of God.  A good reminder for all of us.

We love you Porter and look forward to the times ahead.